Liver and kidney function tests in normal and pre-eclamptic gestation - A comparison with non-gestational reference values

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 55-59

  Makuyana, D ^a   Mahomed, K ^a   Shukusho, F D ^a   Majoko, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0142029169     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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